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Sarah, the granddaughter of the Lacey’s who has taken up with a bounder whom she has brought home for Christmas, along with his sister who is recovering from an operation and is confined to bed.

In order to avoid a scandal, Poirot is called to visit Kings Lacey, home of the Lacey family to find the thief and the ruby! Needless to say, she and the ruby vanish. Even worse, he allowed his new lady friend to wear the family ruby one night. However, the young man, away from his conservative homeland, has done what young men away from their conservative homelands are wont to do. A young potentate from an unnamed country has been visiting England to have some of the family jewels re-set by Cartier in order to give them to his bride to be.

The thought of the English countryside at this season of the year did not attract him…he had suffered too often in the historic country houses of England”Įventually, Poirot agrees to take the case. “An old fashioned Christmas in the English countryside.” Mr Jesamond interrupted “Christmas time,” he said, persuasively. We open with someone called Mr Jesamond, trying to persuade Poirot to take on a case. However, for such a short story there is a LOT going on! The Adventure of The Christmas Pudding – The PlotĪs mentioned, this is a short story – it is only 44 pages in the edition that I read so it is something that can easily be read in around an hour. The fruit was then soaked for two weeks in a combination of Pedro Ximenez sherry and brandy!!! I further tweaked the recipe to remove the raisins and figs which I am not fond of and replaced them with dried strawberries and blueberries.

I chose this recipe, which comes from an October 1993 issue of Home Beautiful because it had apricots and no fruit peel in it. Season’s Greetings crime readers and food lovers! Today we are reading the Poirot short story, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and eating that exact thing! This is the first time I have ever made plum or Christmas pudding. Categories: Christmas, Dining With The Dame, Poirot, Pudding